bluffer

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Noun
  • My favorite account of the crisis of 1907 was that of Jesse Livermore, one of the largest speculators of the time.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Initially, some speculators were concerned that homebuyers would be hesitant to purchase in an area that recently burned.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Looking at the historical sample of data, the goal was to develop a set of rules that helped distinguish the genuine contenders from the pretenders and to narrow down as few actual champions as possible while simultaneously eliminating as many of the wannabes.
    Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • But for those trying to fill out their brackets this week, here are the Big Ten’s contenders and pretenders heading into March Madness.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • Voices Hiltzik: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief?
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
  • As far as the law was concerned, Bowers was a hypocrite.
    Martin Padgett June 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 10 May 2025
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“Bluffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluffer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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